Candidacy Eligibility Criteria and Party Unity

• In Event: JSS SESSION: Both Sides Now: Parties and Partisan Influence

Brief Overview

How do parties' candidacy eligibility criteria affect candidate loyalty and party unity? With data on roll-call votes, from candidate surveys and historical party constitutions, I show how formal criteria for party nominations affect party unity.

Author

• Jochen Rehmert, Humboldt University Berlin